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Rarey Connal

@tigertoy.bsky.social

Tiger keeper in one reality; tiger Empath in another. You might know me as Phil who helps at EFRC or tigertoy in the filk circle.

206 Followers  |  77 Following  |  728 Posts  |  Joined: 06.08.2023  |  2.0423

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Hey critters! Is there anyone that is familiar with Washington state business taxes that I could ask a couple of (seemingly) straightforward questions about online sales? I thought I understood but I really want to talk to someone who knows <3

Please DM me if this is you! Thank y'all so much!

29.10.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Security questions are the stupidest "security" measure ever invented. If you use the actual (easily researched) answer to a question like "what's your mother's maiden name" you are begging to be hacked.

Also, like passwords, your mother should have a different maiden name on every site.

30.10.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't know anything about the fanfic, I barely know who the guy is... but if people read something and commit crimes, they, not thing they read, are responsible. To believe otherwise is to justify censorship.

Free speech isn't about protecting speech we like, whether "we" means "us" or "them".

30.10.2025 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think it would be immeasurably sexy if all billboards and public advertising was banned.

30.10.2025 05:03 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sorry folks for reposting this but someone’s fursuit head ended up at Goodwill. It might have been a fursuit head stolen at TFS?

Can we get some reskeets so hopefully someone recognizes it?

30.10.2025 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 575    πŸ” 595    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 6
Snickers bar and a metal whistle

Snickers bar and a metal whistle

Parents, please check your kids’ candy this Halloween. I’ve just found an ancient metal whistle with the inscription β€œQUIS EST ISTE QUI VENIT" inside a Snickers bar. I blew it and heard a note of infinite distance, and now I’m haunted by a figure in pale, fluttering draperies. Be safe.

22.10.2025 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5274    πŸ” 1387    πŸ’¬ 106    πŸ“Œ 48
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The nighttime sky is perfect for https://bsky.app/profile/keyotter.bsky.social to swoop down and steal all your candy on Halloween.Β  Watch out!!πŸ¦‡πŸŽƒ

24.10.2025 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 273    πŸ” 84    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
Watercolor painting of two chicken merging into the mushroom 'chicken of the woods'.

Watercolor painting of two chicken merging into the mushroom 'chicken of the woods'.

Chicken of the wood.

For @sushiartstudio.bsky.social's chicken card project.

All proceeds generated from the chicken card project will be donated to the British hen welfare trust. www.bhwt.org.uk

26.10.2025 09:33 β€” πŸ‘ 814    πŸ” 215    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3
fursuit head by waggery costumes

fursuit head by waggery costumes

fursuit head by waggery costumes

fursuit head by waggery costumes

fursuit head by waggery costumes

fursuit head by waggery costumes

fursuit head stolen out of my car.
if anyone in the Baltimore City area happens to find it please let me know.

27.10.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 479    πŸ” 397    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 17

I didn't mean to disparage you -- just the people who thought making a cloud-connected bed was a good plan, and especially the people who thought buying one was a good plan.

22.10.2025 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I was there for Y2K. When nothing happened, everyone thought it was people being alarmist over nothing, when in actual fact nothing happened because a whole lot of people put in a whole lot of overtime making sure it didn't. But people's beds were not at risk, that would be ridiculous. (Still is.)

22.10.2025 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I have to disagree: nobody in 2000 thought there would be cloud-controlled smart beds.

I have trouble comprehending that there are in 2025.

22.10.2025 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'd wish I could get a selfie but coyote would eat my phone

22.10.2025 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't mind being on a plane. It's this sort of crap that makes me hate flying.

22.10.2025 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
THAT LIGHT INSIDE YOU

That β€œhole” we sometimes feel in the center of us? It isn’t emptiness. It’s a light. A core. It’s what remains when every human costume forced upon us has been smashed off the floor β€” the pulse that refuses to die even when we forget how to listen for it. It’s a tiny space… that’s why it often feels: quiet, unreachable, hidden beneath trauma, scar tissue or silence. But it’s never truly gone.

We may meet creatures who tell us they’ve felt distant from their creaturely and animal selves; that their connection used to burn brighter, but now it flickers. I want to remind you β€” as the elder wolf at the table, (tending her own light) β€” in the midst of everything terrible and wonderful β€” flickering is still fire.

The disconnection isn’t a failure; it’s a season. The creature self can go underground like hibernation. The light doesn’t vanish; it waits. You can’t force it open with willpower or rationalise it into the open. You reach it by remembering softness β€” the warmth of breath, the weight of fur β€” imagined or real β€” the rhythm that existed before words before human thought before guilt and shame.

There were times I thought I’d lost my light too β€” when the world grew so impossibly loud in my head and the human masks became too heavy to lift. But every time I’ve fallen quiet enough, the light has stirred, and I’ve known she was still there: the creaturely ember that endures even when the rest of me forgets how to howl.

If you feel nothing right now, that’s OK! The light doesn’t demand anything; it simply is. Touch the earth. Breathe. Feel the wind move across your skin. Cry, bark, purr, shout, weep. Creature will feel it. It always does.

That light was never a hole to fill β€” it is the part of us that remembers what we truly are: whole, creatures of light and love, wild, beautiful and free β€” waiting to be met again.

And if it flickers and splutters? Fear not. That light inside you will come back. It never went away.

β€” Shimi & Critter

THAT LIGHT INSIDE YOU That β€œhole” we sometimes feel in the center of us? It isn’t emptiness. It’s a light. A core. It’s what remains when every human costume forced upon us has been smashed off the floor β€” the pulse that refuses to die even when we forget how to listen for it. It’s a tiny space… that’s why it often feels: quiet, unreachable, hidden beneath trauma, scar tissue or silence. But it’s never truly gone. We may meet creatures who tell us they’ve felt distant from their creaturely and animal selves; that their connection used to burn brighter, but now it flickers. I want to remind you β€” as the elder wolf at the table, (tending her own light) β€” in the midst of everything terrible and wonderful β€” flickering is still fire. The disconnection isn’t a failure; it’s a season. The creature self can go underground like hibernation. The light doesn’t vanish; it waits. You can’t force it open with willpower or rationalise it into the open. You reach it by remembering softness β€” the warmth of breath, the weight of fur β€” imagined or real β€” the rhythm that existed before words before human thought before guilt and shame. There were times I thought I’d lost my light too β€” when the world grew so impossibly loud in my head and the human masks became too heavy to lift. But every time I’ve fallen quiet enough, the light has stirred, and I’ve known she was still there: the creaturely ember that endures even when the rest of me forgets how to howl. If you feel nothing right now, that’s OK! The light doesn’t demand anything; it simply is. Touch the earth. Breathe. Feel the wind move across your skin. Cry, bark, purr, shout, weep. Creature will feel it. It always does. That light was never a hole to fill β€” it is the part of us that remembers what we truly are: whole, creatures of light and love, wild, beautiful and free β€” waiting to be met again. And if it flickers and splutters? Fear not. That light inside you will come back. It never went away. β€” Shimi & Critter

Dear #Therians finding it hard to reach or reclaim your creaturely selves… this one is for you. Put it aside for when you struggle.

That Light Inside You…
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09.10.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 260    πŸ” 106    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

If the story is just the TF itself, there has to be something interesting about the TF. If the story is about what happens before or after, or about ramifications beyond the fact of being TFed, the actual TF should work with the plot. Some plots need poof; some need the delay; some need the process.

19.10.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gently breaches your PPE :>
#furryart #furrynsfw #nsfw #furrytransformation #pankallisti
furaffinity.net/view/62686478/

19.10.2025 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 940    πŸ” 249    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 1

Never forget: See content you don't want to see? Meet people you don't want to talk to? Block them. Starve them of the attention they want. It's the BSKY way. :)

18.10.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Just be sure you don't do a truss fall

18.10.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'd melt?

I'd still be sure I closed the door.

17.10.2025 05:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Bike lanes that are just paint on the street are incompatible with on-street parking, and cities that put in such "bike lanes" shouldn't be allowed to claim them as part of their progress toward some goal of having more bike lanes.

15.10.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Digital cover of Swan's Braid in the lower left over a spill of gold coins taken from that cover. Vaguely Middle Eastern buildings in the background.

   The stairs broadened as they descended. Level ground was a six foot wide corridor, tile not stone and judging from the small section they
could see, probably beautiful.
   "No turns," Terizan murmured.
   "How can you tell?"
   "The way the sound travels. Stay close." She'd counted forty-nine paces when something up ahead reflected back a glimmer of light. "Gold." 
   "That's it then." As Jameel surged past her, she heard a tiny click.
   Sweeping his feet out from under him, she got him flat on the floor just in time.

Digital cover of Swan's Braid in the lower left over a spill of gold coins taken from that cover. Vaguely Middle Eastern buildings in the background. The stairs broadened as they descended. Level ground was a six foot wide corridor, tile not stone and judging from the small section they could see, probably beautiful. "No turns," Terizan murmured. "How can you tell?" "The way the sound travels. Stay close." She'd counted forty-nine paces when something up ahead reflected back a glimmer of light. "Gold." "That's it then." As Jameel surged past her, she heard a tiny click. Sweeping his feet out from under him, she got him flat on the floor just in time.

Today's word is GOLD. Today's quote from the e-collection SWAN'S BRAID AND OTHER TALES OF TERIZAN. It seemed like the logical choice. Terizan is, after all, a thief, & she's fond of gold. Very fond. Maybe a little too fond. Dangerously fond...

Available digitally worldwide. Shop indie if you can.

15.10.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

AI is counting the version numbers

15.10.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fake LastPass, Bitwarden breach alerts lead to PC hijacks An ongoing phishing campaign is targeting LastPass and Bitwarden users with fake emails claiming that the companies were hacked, urging them to download a supposedly more secure desktop version of the password manager.

An ongoing phishing campaign is targeting LastPass and Bitwarden users with fake emails claiming that the companies were hacked, urging them to download a supposedly more secure desktop version of the password manager.

15.10.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 5
A muscular gray and white werewolf, Rev, crouches near a stream in a forest, looking down in wonder at his reflection. He feels his mane with a glowing paw, the other holding onto a scarf on the verge of being blown away. 3 spell scrolls whip around him, their runes still glowing - one of them depicts a simply drawn wolf with a d20 rune underneath. Faint blue magic trails off of Rev's body and from the scrolls.

A muscular gray and white werewolf, Rev, crouches near a stream in a forest, looking down in wonder at his reflection. He feels his mane with a glowing paw, the other holding onto a scarf on the verge of being blown away. 3 spell scrolls whip around him, their runes still glowing - one of them depicts a simply drawn wolf with a d20 rune underneath. Faint blue magic trails off of Rev's body and from the scrolls.

A gigantic green eastern dragon winds around a sunlit mountain. The dragon's horns and fur along its back integrate trees, which meld into the mountain's base. Other mountains are strewn in mist in the background.

A gigantic green eastern dragon winds around a sunlit mountain. The dragon's horns and fur along its back integrate trees, which meld into the mountain's base. Other mountains are strewn in mist in the background.

A lithe, serpentine dragon taur perches with his two front legs on one of the branches protruding from the massive tree in the background. One of his back legs dangles in the air as he holds onto a hanging branch with the other talon, his long tail looped loosely around it as well. The humanoid half of his body is a light teal compared to the rest of his dark blue body. He looks up at a hanging crystal egg, gently holding out his hands as if about to touch it.

A lithe, serpentine dragon taur perches with his two front legs on one of the branches protruding from the massive tree in the background. One of his back legs dangles in the air as he holds onto a hanging branch with the other talon, his long tail looped loosely around it as well. The humanoid half of his body is a light teal compared to the rest of his dark blue body. He looks up at a hanging crystal egg, gently holding out his hands as if about to touch it.

A mysterious black rabbit in a long coat with metallic trim sits on an old tree stump, playing a flute that emits a ghostly trail. He has a large collar of white fur, and limbs that seem half metal and doll-like. He sits in a misty, spooky forest, a light in the distance framing his form. There are spectral rats that heed the flute's call throughout the painting.

A mysterious black rabbit in a long coat with metallic trim sits on an old tree stump, playing a flute that emits a ghostly trail. He has a large collar of white fur, and limbs that seem half metal and doll-like. He sits in a misty, spooky forest, a light in the distance framing his form. There are spectral rats that heed the flute's call throughout the painting.

Heya #PortfolioDay!

I'm a freelance illustrator with a love for fantasy themes. I enjoy painting ttrpg characters, creatures, and animals!

🎨 sleepingfoxart.com
βœ‰οΈ sleepingfoxart.com/contact

#fantasyart #dndart

14.10.2025 08:20 β€” πŸ‘ 159    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking for a perfect spooky season read? Our ebook edition of @tanyahuff.bsky.social's SUMMON THE KEEPER is now available! awfulagent.com/ebooks/summo... Come for the love triangle, stay for the talking cat.

14.10.2025 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
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Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

14.10.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 878    πŸ” 481    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 36

Well now, would you look at that?

A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.

14.10.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3581    πŸ” 1102    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 31
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It's #portfolioday?!
My name is Rukis, and I'm a full-time Illustrator/Writer, waow! I work traditionally as well as digitally, and you can find my Historical Fiction Action/Adventure/Romance book series 'Red Lantern' as well as my Art Books here - furplanet.com/shop/categor...

14.10.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 104    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

You are too gentle and merciful.

15.10.2025 05:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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